HI-FI HILLARY

Contempt Playlist 2/18/12

hifihillary — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:54:58 +0000

Air – Sexy Boy
Active Child – Call Me Tonight
Blood Orange – Sutphin Boulevard
Insides – Skin Divers
Lush – Nothing Natural
The Daysleepers – Tiger In The Sea
Cocteau Twins – Wax And Wane
Cranes – Starblood
Kindest Lines – Destructive Paths To Live Happily
Bell Hollow – Contact
Heavenly Bodies – Rains On Me
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Jeff Buckley – New Year’s Prayer
M83 – We Own The Sky
Comsat Angels – You Move Me
Human League – Seconds
Moev – Crucify Me
Severed Heads – Triangle Tangle Tango
The Invincible Limit – Push
IAMX – Nightlife
Halovox – Mask

Contempt Playlist 1/21/12

hifihillary — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:14:15 +0000

New Young Pony Club – Before The Light
Skinny Puppy – Candle
Death In June – The Calling (Mk II)
Anne Clark – Our Darkness
Mussolini Headkick – Your God Is Dead
Void Vision – In 20 Years
IAMX – Music People
Cabaret Voltaire – Talking Time
Detachments – You Never Knew Me
Plastic Flowers – Drive You Home
Fiction Factory – Feels Like Heaven
New Order – Dream Attack
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Underworld – JAL To Tokyo
Revel Hotel – Phantasm
The Sisters Of Mercy – Driven Like The Snow
She Past Away – Kasvetli Kutlama
Siekiera – Misiowie Puszyści
Killing Joke – Europe
Death Cult – God’s Zoo
Creatures – Pluto Drive [R]

Contempt Playlist 12/17/11

hifihillary — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:22:28 +0000

Frank (Just Frank) – Beneath
Twin Shadow – Castles In The Snow
Clan Of Xymox – Medusa
Little Nemo – Cadavres Exquis (Howard Song)
SS-Say – Care
Book Of Love – Modigliani
Mary Onettes – Puzzles
Love & Rockets – Lazy
Propaganda – The Chase
The Sisters Of Mercy – Ribbons
Demontré – The Vale Of Health Pt.2
House Of Love – I Don’t Know Why I Love You
Xmal Deutschland – Mondlicht
Cranes – Sixth Of May
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The Prids – Love Zero
The Church – Reptile
Veil Veil Vanish – Anthem
The Bolshoi – Away
Chameleons UK – Shades
New Order – Love Less
Depeche Mode – Master And Servant
De/Vision – Over The Wall
Wolfsheim – Künstliche Welten
Covenant – Brave New World (Radio Version)
Void Vision – Sour
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Click Click – Yakutska
Nitzer Ebb – Ride The Mindway
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult – Ride The Mindway
Meat Beat Manifesto – Psyche Out
Renegade Soundwave – Biting My Nails
Killing Joke – Eighties
Pankow – Cross In My Heart
Pop Will Eat Itself – There Is No Love Between Us
Ministry – Over The Shoulder
Wumpscut – We Believe
Assemblage 23 – Drive
Apoptygma Berzerk – Shine On
The Cult – Rain
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Danse Society – Danse/Move [R]
The Cure – The Baby Screams
Camouflage – Love Is A Shield
The Dossier – Another Night/Another Day
Peter Godwin – Images Of Heaven
Yaz – Bring Your Love Down (Didn’t I)
Pet Shop Boys – It’s A Sin
Giorgio Moroder/Phil Oakey – Together In Electric Dreams
Cramps – Human Fly [R]
Fad Gadget – Love Parasite
Hysteria Passio – Grey Over Life
Miserylab – Making A Bomb
Zola Jesus – End Of The Night

Contempt Playlist 11/19/11

hifihillary — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:05:04 +0000

Coil – Free Base Chakra
Neon Judgement – Chinese Black
Vigil – Until The Seasons
The Spitters – Feasty
Bauhaus – Third Uncle
The Soft Moon – Breathe The Fire
Portishead – Mysterions
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Bootblacks Set
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Frank Alpine – Dark Places
Monomen – Drum Of Glass
Veil Veil Vanish – Anthem For A Doomed Youth
U2 – Red Light
The Cure – Upstairs Room
Depeche Mode – It’s No Good [R]
The Creatures – Pluto Drive
Opéra De Nuit – Ami Amant
Duran Duran – Friends Of Mine
She Past Away – Ruh
Nine Inch Nails – Warm Leatherette
Adam And The Ants – Press Darlings
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The Sisters Of Mercy
Joy Division – Shadowplay
Clan Of Xymox – Louise
Ministry – I Wanted To Tell Her
Meat Beat Manifesto – Psyche Out
Skinny Puppy – Assimilate
Nitzer Ebb – Captivate

Spirit And The Bride – The Fall Of Man

hifihillary — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:02:51 +0000

A colleague sent me a link to some of his latest works today – a beautifully thought-out spatial expanse that is The Fall Of Man by Spirit And The Bride. I was on a serious Duran Duran listening kick but after previewing a few tracks, I instantly switched head spaces and found myself needing to review this record. This is my first official record review!

The influences of the individual band members read as modern yet sophisticated and that sums up the production and songwriting on tracks such as “Will Death Alone”, “Golden Calf”, and “Childish Mind”, each of which have their own gentle yet dark feel. At times, the record reaches into the jazz & psychedelic realms too much for my taste but the sonic landscape keeps my interest without a doubt. Additionally, fans of those genres will enjoy how Spirit And The Bride approach them.

I feel the need to know big words when I listen to these songs, and to wax poetic, and to isolate myself in a dark room – but it’s not because I wear black and like goth music, it’s because The Fall Of Man hits you in a primitive place and it picks up where some other dreamy music leaves off.

I will say that the band labels themselves as darkwave/dreampop which I think may be a bit of a disservice. I hear the genre “darkwave” and I think of Clan Of Xymox or Danse Society but I get what they’re going for.

Recommended if you like Japan, Dead Can Dance, Austra, Jeff Buckley, Tori Amos, World Of Skin - as well as jazz & psychedelia that I know nothing about so I can’t drop any of those artist names.

www.spiritandthebride.com
and listen on The Facelift here

Wierd Playlist 10/19/11

hifihillary — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:30:15 +0000

Sleep Museum – Napal
Zero Zero – The Dream
Ziyo – Michelle
SPK – Walking On Dead Stars
White Car – The Bridge
Chris & Cosey – Deep Blue Velvet
Severed Heads – Bad Times Too
John Foxx/Louis Gordon – A Million Cars
Claps – Red Dress (Gay Beast Mix)
Silent Diane – Riverside
Void Vision – Black And White
Clan Of Xymox – Moscoviet Musquito
Opéra De Nuit – Invitation
Siekiera – Czerwony Pejzaż
Lost Tribe – Unsound
Tanit – Can An Actor Bleed?
Ultravox – The Voice
The Lucy Show – Ephemeral (This Is No Heaven)
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My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult – Do You Fear For Your Child?
Detachments – H.A.L.
The Human League – Blind Youth
New Order – Shellshock
SS-Say – Care
Near Paris – Believe Me
The Twins – Face To Face, Heart To Heart
Flesh For Lulu – I Go Crazy

Dances Of Vice Playlist 10/16/11

hifihillary — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:41:24 +0000

Joy Electric – I Am A Pioneer
Nancy Boy – Johnny Chrome And Silver
The Twins – Regret
Xeno & Oaklander – The Staircase
Aaah! – Slip Away
The Faint – Symptom Finger
White Light Lametta – Silence Is The Radio Sound
Das Ich – Destillat
Die Warzau – Strike To The Body
Ministry – We Believe
Nitzer Ebb – Getting Closer
Adult. – Nightlife
Austra – The Beat And The Pulse
Eurythmics – Sexcrime 1984
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Twin Shadow – Castles In The Snow
The Human League – Seconds
Yaz – Nobody’s Diary
Mirrors – Ways To An End
Led Er Est – Port Isabel
CCCP – American Soviets
Little Nemo – Howard Song
The Sisters Of Mercy – Driven Like The Snow
The Creatures – Godzilla

Contempt Playlist – 10/15/11

hifihillary — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:35:53 +0000

Soviet Sex – Blind Dogs
Iron Curtain – The Condos
Asylum Party – Sweetness… Of Pain
This Mortal Coil – Not Me
Interpol – Lights
Tear Garden – Judgement Hour
Skinny Puppy – Incision
Martial Canterel – You Today
White Car – A Figure In The Dark
Psychic TV – Horror House
Ministry – Over The Shoulder
Consolidated – Dysfunctional Relationship
Ohgr – Pore
Tobias Bernstrup – Surround
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Nine Inch Nails – Get Down Make Love
Depeche Mode – Strangelove
Nitzer Ebb – Hearts And Minds
The Human League – Never Let Me Go
Apoptygma Berzerk – Shine On
Joy Division – Glass
Siouxsie And The Banshees – Paradise Place
The Dossier – Another Night, Another Day
New Order – Sub Culture

Dust and dirt are bad.

hifihillary — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:07:12 +0000

Oh dust and dirt, why do you have to exist? To keep us clean? To make us cough? To make us think there’s something wrong with our electronics?
All of the above, I suppose.

Just a friendly reminder to open up your power amps/receivers/anything with vents that circulate air (or should circulate air) and clean them out regularly.
You can get a can of compressed air from the Shack or any electronics store, or if you’re serious, you should invest $50 in a DataVac electric duster.

fans collect thee dust

volume pots collect thee dust

If you’re having issues with your signal dropping out, the volume/gain pots probably could stand to be cleaned and excercised. DeOxit is great stuff…

Dark Bar Playlist – 9/11/11

hifihillary — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:16:52 +0000

Public Image Limited – This Is Not A Love Song
Austra – The Beat and the Pulse
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Little Johnny Jewel
Snake Corp – Science Kills
Sad Lovers And Giants – Things We Never Did
Frank (Just Frank) – Die In Bed
She Past Away – Ruh
Detachments – H.A.L.
Hypernova – Exstacy
Bunnydrums – Little Room
Pink Turns Blue – True Love (After All)
Cranes – Starblood
The Cure – Fear Of Ghosts